UEFA has had a very narrow escape and was, in fact, fished out of the mire by the outrage of fans, particularly in England and Germany, but also in Italy, who were not prepared to see their national game hijacked by a bunch American and pseudo American carpetbaggers. But if Ceferin believes that this represented some tidal wave of pro-UEFA sentiment and support he will be making an enormous opinion, Contrary to what Conn assured us last summer UEFA is not popular anywhere and Ceferin needs to build bridges with fans and clubs just as much as any of the clubs pushing the ESL (and we all know who they are). City joined the ESL, as I think Chelsea did, because they couldn't trust UEFA not to give in yet again to the cartel. Few on here trust them now. What saved UEFA was the refusal of Bayern and PSG to go along with it at all and City's and Chelsea's speedy desertion. So, the real enemy has shown its face clearly and UEFA has to stiffen its backbone, grow a pair and show that it exists not to compete for sponsorship, protect the interests of a few bully boy clubs, not to make money or pay fat pensions but to ensure that it protects the interests of all clubs, of free and fair competition, and especially of fans who most certainly are not customers. A good place to start would be with the abandonment of the planned revamp of the CL and especially entry requirements for it. Oh, and maybe he could ask Tebas what La Liga plans to do about two particularly recalcitrant Spanish clubs. That would be a start and only then might there be the first faint glimmerings of a dawning confidence that UEFA has ceased to be UEFA plc and is actually becoming a governing body. Years and years later it may actually become a respected governing body.
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